Presence and course of the incisive canal in the human mandibular interforaminal region: Two-dimensional imaging versus anatomical observations

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 416-423

  Mraiwa, N ^a   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a   Moerman, P ^a   Lambrichts, I ^b   van Steenberghe, D ^a   Quirynen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Incisor; Jaw; Mandibular nerve; Oral implant; Spiral tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EDENTULOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0346243548     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0152-8     Document Type: Article

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